7:08 - 7:26 I can see Benchley quietly and nicely asking the wise guy a number of times to come here and when the wise guy's finally close enough, he yells in the wise guy's ear, "Don't tell me how to do my job! I am the griller, you are the grillee! I'm the one in the hot seat, not you! (thinks a moment) I mean, YOU'RE in the hot seat, not me! Understand?" I'm not really sure if this is funny, but hey, you think of something witty in five seconds or less!
@himself801 It was also the time of the Marx Brothers, Lubitsch, Capra, Chaplin, and the Stooges. Well done 30's-40's funny is still hilarious today. This guy is just not hitting home. and Yeppers, 76 SNL still cracks me up, esp the Eric Idle ep with Joe Cocker doing a duet with Belushi.
@diddymuck I get the distinct feeling that you probably don't understand exactly what he's mocking here. Benchley is great, he and a few others and responsible for changing popular comedy from schlocky lowest-common-denominator vaudeville routines to genuinely intelligent wit and satire.
no one in the world left quite like robert benchley - love him
buczia 4 months ago
@akeybraky oops - i think i clicked on your comment accidentally - and i can't seem to unvote it - sorry.
buczia 4 months ago
7:08 - 7:26 I can see Benchley quietly and nicely asking the wise guy a number of times to come here and when the wise guy's finally close enough, he yells in the wise guy's ear, "Don't tell me how to do my job! I am the griller, you are the grillee! I'm the one in the hot seat, not you! (thinks a moment) I mean, YOU'RE in the hot seat, not me! Understand?" I'm not really sure if this is funny, but hey, you think of something witty in five seconds or less!
jeprice08 6 months ago
WTF???
RazRulzDaWorld 9 months ago
cool
mgmoncef4 10 months ago
@himself801 It was also the time of the Marx Brothers, Lubitsch, Capra, Chaplin, and the Stooges. Well done 30's-40's funny is still hilarious today. This guy is just not hitting home. and Yeppers, 76 SNL still cracks me up, esp the Eric Idle ep with Joe Cocker doing a duet with Belushi.
diddymuck 1 year ago
This is fantastic!
blackmesalabs 1 year ago
@rustydog1236 Peter Benchley was Robert's grandson? I didn't know.... interesting.
compactdisk2 1 year ago
@diddymuck I get the distinct feeling that you probably don't understand exactly what he's mocking here. Benchley is great, he and a few others and responsible for changing popular comedy from schlocky lowest-common-denominator vaudeville routines to genuinely intelligent wit and satire.
compactdisk2 1 year ago
Lame.
response007 1 year ago